Blogtober Day 9 – Longest Books I’ve Ever Read – Top Ten Tuesday

Hey guys, what’s up, welcome back to another Blogtober post! Today I’m bringing you another Top Ten Tuesday post with the longest books I have ever read! When I sat down to write this I thought there was going to be so many really long books write about, but as it turns out I haven’t actually read that many. I will still include my 10 highest but, for me at least, it was kind of surprising some of the books that have ended up on this list as I’d have never thought of them as being particularly long.

Instead of page number I am going to be measuring how long these books are by word count. I will start with the shortest (of the ten) and work my way to the highest. However, I am actually starting with the longest piece of writing here as it is technically not a book, but a fan fiction. So, let’s get into it!

10. The Life and Times by Jewels5

Word Count: 613,762

Page Count: N/A

I love The Life and Times so I knew that I just had to include it here, especially considering it’s almost twice as long as the next highest book! This fan fiction is based on James Potter and Lily Evans and their time at Hogwarts. This story is actually unfinished but man does it hold such a special place in my heart! For anyone who says that reading fan fiction isn’t real reading is wrong and this fan fiction proves it! If you like Harry Potter (or good writing and storytelling) please give this a read!

9. A Conjuring of Light by V. E. Schwab

Word Count: 166,750

Page Count: 666

When reading this book I knew it was long but I don’t think I fully registered quite how long it really was. I think that’s because I did not enjoy it and so I think I had the impression that it felt longer than it was because it wasn’t my favourite book in the world, but in reality there’s just a lot of words here.

8. Half-Blood Prince by J. K. Rowling

Word Count: 169,441

Page Count: 607

Oddly the page count for this book is lower than for A Conjuring of Light, but I guess that’s where the word count comes in! I knew this was a long book. I mean, I read it when I was 9. I was so proud of myself for reading this book back then, it felt like such an accomplishment! And then I never, ever stopped.

7. Breaking Dawn by Stephanie Meyer

Word Count: 178, 930

Page Count: 756

This is another book that, when I first read it, I felt a sense of accomplishment. This was the first really big book I read after any Harry Potter book and I was still only young when I read it.

6. Goblet of Fire by J. K. Rowling

Word Count: 190,858

Page Count: 636

This was my absolute favourite book growing up, so who knows how many times I actually read it. I remember that it fell apart because it was so long and I was reading a paperback edition so every time I broke the spine the book just wore away. Eventually I was carrying around 50 pages here, 100 pages there. It was brilliant though, and it was mine.

5. Deathly Hallows by J. K. Rowling

Word Count: 198, 227

Page Count: 607

This is the third Harry Potter book on this list (and there’s going to be 4) so I don’t really know what to say without repeating myself too much. I really love this book and I never felt like it was particularly long, but that’s probably because so much happens in the story of this book and I am always so eager to just keep reading.

4. City of Heavenly Fire by Cassandra Clare

Word Count: 234,240

Page Count: 640

I remember being told that this book was really long and that it was well over 700 pages. When I picked up my copy and saw that it was on the lower end of 600 I thought everyone was over exaggerating. But no, this is a long book.

3. Order of the Phoenix by J. K. Rowling

Word Count: 257, 045

Page Count: 766

This was definitely the book I was most proud of reading when I was young. I remember that I read it in 2 days when I was 12 and I thought I was the coolest person ever! Clearly I was!

2. A Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin

Word Count: 292, 727

Page Count: 819

We are creeping into the 800 page territory and getting so close to that 3k words. This was a difficult book to read. I was 15 when I read and I just did not understand what was going on. I didn’t know who was who and who was where and who was related to who because ‘wait they’re having sex and they’re brother and sister’ and ‘did someone just die’ and ‘am I supposed to know who you are?’ I had a lot of questions reading this book and clearly those 297 thousand words didn’t make things clear enough. Luckily now that I’ve watched the TV show I have a much better handle on things.

1. A Clash of Kings by George R. R. Martin

Word Count: 318, 903

Page Count: 913

Whew! We made it! Just thinking about how many pages and how many words are in this post alone is exhausting! Imagine trying to read all of these books in a row!

What is the longest book you have ever read? Is there a fan fiction that you have read that is longer than most books?

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Excellent list!
Fanfiction definitely counts, and my they can be so long. I love getting properly invested in a fanfic.
Harry Potter and Game of Thrones made my list too.
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